2006

Chocolate-Scotchie Graham Squares

8.1.06

This is one of my favorite dessert recipes – easy to prepare and always a hit at any get-together. I don’t know where this recipe originated or what it’s really called. I got it from my sister, and while she used white chocolate chips, I adapted it to use my favorite – butterscotch chips. Chocolate-Scotchie [...]

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The 31st Carnival of Homeschooling

7.31.06

When Melissa at The Lilting House ended last week’s Schoolhouse Rock-inspired Carnival of Homeschooling, she proclaimed, “Interplanet Janet Shannon – she’s a galaxy girl.” Turns out, she’s right (I wonder if she knows how much I love SciFi?) and the theme for this week’s Carnival was born. Welcome to the 31st Carnival of Homeschooling: Galactic [...]

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24: Bauer's Got Nothin on Me

7.21.06

PHAT Mommy is proud to bring you a special summer edition of the critically acclaimed 24. Content may not be appropriate for younger audiences. Reader discretion is advised. The following takes place between 6:00 pm Tuesday 7/18 and 6:00 pm Wednesday 7/19. 6:00 The skies darken ominously. I check weather.com and see that storms are [...]

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A Day in the Life

7.15.06

I found this on Mom Writes, where Mary got it from Sheryl at Paper Napkin. Thought I’d play along because my life is just so terribly interesting that I KNOW y’all want to know… 6:11 Woken up by C crying. Loudly. Go to her room and ask her why she insists on waking up so [...]

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Setting a Bad Example 101

6.25.06

The other day my son told me to go upstairs and relax a little bit and he would finish feeding his sister and clean her up. This was after she smeared her lunch through her hair, then dumped the remainder on the floor. I looked at my boy, my eyes stinging with tears, simultaneously amazed [...]

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Net Neutrality: Response to Hypothetical Abuses

6.24.06

In an article at Reason Online, Julian Sanchez is quoted regarding the Net Neutrality issue: “Hasty regulation that responds to hypothetical abuses may also prevent us from discovering benefits we haven’t yet hypothesized.” This, my friends, is the bottom line. If you still think Net Neutrality is a good thing, please read this article by [...]

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We're Not Homeschoolers, We're Worldlearners

5.29.06

Last winter I was skiing with my son and a nice couple rode the lift with us. We chatted and, looking at Luke, they asked if he had the day off of school. When I explained that we homeschool, you could feel the conversation grind to a halt. I don’t think they were being rude, [...]

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Coming Out of the Closet

5.27.06

It’s not what you think, but I got your attention, didn’t I? Over the past year, I’ve been slowly making a transformation. People who know me may be surprised – even shocked – when reading some of the things that have been written on this blog lately. Yes, I am changing. For many years, I [...]

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Capitalism is Moral

5.20.06

Required reading if you want to further understand my philosophy: The Moral Basis of Capitalism. Update: BIG Hat Tip to Natalie at The Homeschool Cafe for pointing me in the direction of the Capitalist Center’s web site / blog. Check out this post on the Seattle Public School System’s definition of racism. According to the [...]

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Save the Internet? Or Hands Off?

5.19.06

Net Neutrality. Indeed a hot topic in the blogosphere. I keep seeing more and more bloggers jumping on this Save the Internet bandwagon and I’m concerned that people are not fully aware of the flip side to this issue. When I first read the Save the Internet campaign, I admit it sounded logical to me. [...]

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High School Musical: How Old Am I?

5.2.06

I’ve decided to come clean with my latest guilty pleasure. Thanks to the Disney Channel movie High School Musical, I can’t stop singing “getcha-getcha-getcha-getcha head in the game,” and I have a crush on an 18 year old boy. If Zac Efron was around when I was 12, surely my Shaun Cassidy posters would have [...]

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History is Being Rewritten

5.2.06

Over at The Homeschool Cafe, Alasandra wrote about her search for a history book “that actually teaches history and not some sanitized feel good fairy tale.” Such history textbooks are harder and harder to find these days. There are countless examples of religious and ethnic groups demanding that historical accounts be softened and even completely [...]

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Play Ball!

4.26.06

Last night was L’s first baseball game. It was the cutest freakin’ thing – all these 7 year olds pumped up and rarin’ to go! The boys were so excited and they played much better than I thought they would. At practice, they often goof around and don’t pay attention and when the ball is [...]

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This, in the United States of America

4.15.06

I’ve been wanting to blog about this for weeks, and since today is tax day, it seems apropos. Boston Legal (Tuesdays on ABC) is one of my favorite shows. The outrageously funny, yet bittersweet relationship between the attorneys played by James Spader and William Shatner (who both won Emmy’s for their roles) provides witty banter [...]

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Cruisin'!

4.4.06

C is officially cruising! After the physical therapist worked with her yesterday, she’s started pulling up on the table and sofa and walking right along. We’ve decided to increase her therapy to every week, since she responds better to the therapist than me at this point. She loves it when Louise comes with all her [...]

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Dear Daughter, Please Walk. Love, Mom

4.1.06

C is 18 1/2 months old and she has just learned to pull herself up to standing. Occasionally, when she is really motivated by an object, she will cruise along the couch taking 2-3 steps. A therapist has been working with us for the past 2 months and C is making steady progress. I know [...]

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V for Vendetta

3.26.06

PHAT Daddy and I went on a date today! We saw “V for Vendetta” while my brother-in-law and sister-in-law watched the younglings. “People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.” V for Vendetta examines the rise of a totalitarian government in near-future England, a government elected by fear, [...]

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